No TT nominee for WICB post

WITH nominations for the post of president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) closing on Monday, the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB), will not be putting forward any names.

This according to TTCB 1st vice-president Ellis Lewis yesterday. The WICB director speaking to Newsday said: “At present we are still talking at the executive level and we haven’t decided on who to support just yet. There are three names being called, Steve Camacho, Teddy Griffith and Clarvis Joseph.” Antiguan Joseph served as vice-president when Jamaican Patrick Rousseau was WICB boss. He together with Rousseau were removed at the board’s annual general meeting two years ago, and were replaced by Rev Wes Hall with Val Banks as his deputy. Lewis added: The TTCB came in for stick after failing to support Trinidadian Willie Rodriguez as president during the original annual general meeting  held two months ago.

Rodriguez was up against president of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB), Chetram Singh for the top post in regional cricket. After failing to secure the support of the local board which instead threw their backing behind Singh, Rodriguez, a former Test all-rounder, decided to step down. Singh was left as the only nominee and was set to become president but, in  days leading up to the meeting, the Guyanese businessman plunged into  controversy when it was indicated the International Cricket Council (ICC) would not allow him to sit at their annual general meeting, because he was involved in a betting shop in his naticve Guyana.